In response to the nosocomial infection incident, CECC has imposed the following disease prevention and control measures on the hospital:

1. The CECC has designated personnel to set up an incident command post in the hospital;

2. The wards where the case had been working have been closed, and patients in the wards have been moved to single-room isolation wards; the areas where the case had been active have been disinfected and will be open after the testing of environmental samples confirms those areas are safe;

3. The floors where the case had been working have been cleared of people and are strictly restricted;

4. Experts will be arranged to go in and to provide guidance and assistance on nosocomial infection prevention and control measures;

5. Hospitalized patients can only leave the hospital but cannot return; all visits to the hospital have been cancelled, and only one person can accompany a patient and the person shall provide his or her real name;

6. Hospital staff members are urged to conduct self-health management, and they shall notify the health authority of their symptoms and return to the hospital for medical attention as instructed if they develop mild symptoms; hospital staff may not seek medical care by themselves.

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